A youth believed to be an Afghan Muslim refugee attacked several passengers with an ax tonight (July 18, 2016) aboard a German commuter train, injuring at least four people before being shot and killed by police, according to the Washington Post website.
Three of the victims sustained serious injuries before the assailant fled from the train and was confronted by police officers in the southern German province of Bavaria. The youth shouted "Allahu Akhbar" -- Arabic for "God is Great" -- before he was shot, two German security officials said. He had previously said he was a loyal supporter of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Bavarian Interior Ministry officials described the attacker as a 17-year-old Afghan national who had arrived in Germany as an unaccompanied refugee.
The assault occurred amid heightened fears in Germany about possible terrorist attacks, coming four days after 84 people were killed in a jihadist-backed attack in Nice, in the French Riviera.
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